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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) accounts for 4–8% of malignancies in children under 15 years old (CRIST et al. 1990). RMS is the most common orbital malignancy in children and was the primary site in 65 of 686 (9.47%) patients reported in the Intergroup RMS studies I and II (Crist et al. 1990). Knowles et al. (1978) gathered data from four major reviews (Ashton and Morgan 1965; Frayer and Enterline 1959; Jones et al. 1965; Porterfield and Zimmerman 1962); of 161 patients, 64 (40%) were 0–5 years old, 57 (35%) were 6–10 years, 28 (17%) were 11–15 years, 7 (4%) were 16–20 years, 3 (2%) were 21–25 years, and 2 (1%) were older than 25. The average age was approximately 8 years in each of the four reviews, and the median age was 6 years in the Intergroup RMS study. RMS is rare in the newborn and not common before 1 year. The oldest patient reported was 78 years of age (Kassel et al. 1965). Its occurrence during pregnancy has been reported (Olurin 1969).
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Sagerman, R.H. (2003). Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma. In: Sagerman, R.H., Alberti, W.E. (eds) Radiotherapy of Intraocular and Orbital Tumors. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55910-5_13
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